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On Jul 1, 10:49=A0am, Robert Peirce wrote:
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=A0Audio Empire wrote:

Why don't you call Apple's pre-sales help and ask these questions. I wo=
n't do
your research for you. I say this device will do exactly what you need =
it to
do. Either believe me or not, that's your prerogative. =A0

I could not find a pre-sales number, but I did find the Apple forums and
posted my question there.

So far I have received confirmation that the ethernet port can be
configured as the input.

The optical output is still a bit confusing. =A0One response I got says i=
t
is a pass-through device but is limited to iTunes sampling rates, which
I think are 44.1/16 or 48/16. =A0To me, pass-through implies any rate tha=
t
can be run over ethernet, and CoreAudio can do 96/24. =A0I am trying to
acquire more information.

The issue is whether your DAC is local or remote. AppleTV, airport
express, Squeezebox are remote devices. They interact with you
Macintosh differently. For example, the airport express and AppleTV
interact with iTunes (the application) directly over the network.
CoreAudio, Audio midi etc are bypassed.

Now, if you have a DAC directly connected to your Mac via USB,
Firewire or optical port on the Mac etc, then audio midi and coreaudio
functions are in play, so to speak.

Hope this helps.

CD